secretaryjustine greening, sir malcom rifkind, who served as foreign and defence secretary in the thatcher and major governments, and catherine haddon from the institute for government. hello, welcome to the programme. after one of the driest summers on record, the notoriously fickle british weather turned of course it did just at the very moment liz truss arrived in downing street this afternoon. and as the heavens opened, drenching the loyal conservative members who had gathered to greet her, the sketch writers might have been tempted to draw analogies with the deluge of issues, that are now piling up on the new prime ministers desk. not that she seemed fazed by the challenge ahead. this is a storm we can ride out, she said, to become the modern brilliant britain i know we can be. i m honoured to take on this responsibility at a vital time in our country. what makes the united kingdom great is our fundamental belief in freedom in enterprise and in fair play. our people
network are just 19 days away and we re continuing our series, the road to miami, where steve kornacki is traveling along the teeming i-95 corridor from maine to florida telling us everything we need to know about the states along the way. tonight, we re crossing from rhode island into what they used to call the land of steady habits. the constitution state. the great state of connecticut. and with us again tonight, our national political correspondent steve kornacki. hey, steve. hey, brian. that s right. here it is, our final new england state on this journey. this is the last one before we head down to new york. connecticut. they also call it, of course, the nutmeg state. some of the sites, some of the attractions we saw today, we resisted the urge to do some gambling at foxwoods. we crossed that line separating where all the red sox fans live and all the yankees fans live. a little bit of an east/west divide there. had some pizza in new haven. saw the mansions down in greenwhich